[2020 National Audit] Only 1 in 5 Corrections Made for East Sea and Dokdo Labeling Errors

Democratic Party Rep. An Min-seok: "There May Be More Actual Errors... Multilateral Efforts Centered on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Needed"

Ahn Min-seok, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee plenary meeting held at the National Assembly on the 28th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Wondara] It has been revealed that the correction rate for East Sea and Dokdo notations is only 22.5%. There are calls for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make more active correction efforts.

According to the "Errors and Correction Status of East Sea and Dokdo Notations" submitted by the Overseas Culture and Information Service to Ahn Min-seok, a member of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee from the Democratic Party of Korea, out of 4,055 error reports received from the launch of the Korea Correct Notification Service in September 2016 until September this year, only 923 cases (22.5%) have been corrected.

In the case of the East Sea, a total of 3,972 cases were reported, but only 886 cases (22.3%) were corrected, and for Dokdo, 83 errors were reported, but only 26 cases (31.3%) were corrected. Based on data from January to September this year, the correction rate for East Sea errors was 48.6% (102 out of 210 cases), and the correction rate for Dokdo errors was 14.3% (2 out of 14 cases).

The Korea Correct Notification Service is a service that checks and corrects errors that are factually incorrect regarding Korea, errors that intentionally distort facts, and errors that negatively affect the national image through public communication.

Representative Ahn stated, "It is estimated that there are more actual errors beyond those reported," and added, "Government-level measures are necessary so that the international community can correctly recognize our territory." He further emphasized, "It is necessary to establish a public-private-academic cooperation system and for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lead strategic and multifaceted diplomatic efforts."

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